There's no such thing as a free lunch

While Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef may have signed budgets, he is only part of the equation. We also have the county Legislature that consistently added items to the budget or increased lines already there. The question is not what excesses were piled on to the taxpayers, but why.

The Rockland Legislature is made of people who have been there too long and are more interested in maintaining their small-time "power." The only way they think they can do that is to legislate more free bread and circuses for their constituents. Unfortunately, that comes with a price, which in this case is a financial garbage dump.

Of course the problem is not restricted to the county. Our towns are in the same fix as is the state and nation, where our local, state and national politicians are all trying to outdo each other with ever more creative circuses and adding free cheese to the bread.

Free bread and circuses are great until more people get than pay for the bread, and more go to the circuses than work. The check has been delivered to the table and our credit card has been maxed out. All I can say is TANSTAAFL (Robert Heinlein's acronym in "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress"): "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch."

Alex Umrichin

Pomona

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